The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 13, 2026 - The department stated that its budget projections for 2026 ‑27 do not incorporate any potential added costs due to the changes in H.R 1. Will the department be able to determine whether its costs increase in the future due to H.R. 1?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5157

The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Analysis

Mar 2, 2026 - One possible reason for our higher estimate is that our model reflects not only disenrollment among current enrollees, but also reduced enrollment flows over time and a persistent risk of disenrollment among eligible individuals due to added administrative burden.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5146

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of the Care Economy Workforce Development Package

Mar 10, 2022 - In other cases, it is defined to include a broader set of health professions such as social workers, physicians, and psychiatrists (in ad dition to the caregiving occupations just mentioned). For the purposes of this post, we define the care economy according to the latter approach, encompassing a broad range of health and human services professions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4572

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 16, 2025 - Funds for the third entity (Youth Mental Health Academy) will support mental health profession-related training, summer internships, and other outreach activi ties for a cohort of high school students in Los Angeles.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5075

The 2025-26 Budget: CalAIM Enhanced Care Management and Community Supports Implementation Update

Mar 6, 2025 - For  example, this funding can be used to hire and train staff, provide technical assistance to providers, or provide supplemental payments to providers to incentivize participation in ECM and Community Supports.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5003

An Update on the Public Health Laboratory System After the Pandemic

Jun 12, 2025 - This program has trained or is training 17 graduates, 12 of whom are currently serving as laboratory directors in local public health laborat ories. The Public Health Microbiologists Training program provides six months of no-cost training for individuals to become a certified public health microbiologist, one of the key occupational classifications needed to staff local public health laboratories.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5056

Enhancing Federal Financial Participation for Consumers Served by the Department of Developmental Services

Nov 9, 2021 - Added State Costs Outside the DDS System Although DDS likely could achieve some savings by drawing down federal funding for children who are currently 100 p ercent state funded, there would be added Medi ‑Cal costs outside the DDS system for services such as IHSS and for regular Medi ‑Cal health insurance costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4471

Enhancing Federal Financial Participation for Consumers Served by the Department of Developmental Services—An Interim Update

Apr 19, 2021 - This approach could come with added costs for RC operations. For example, RC staff likely would have to spend more time helping families through the process and likely would need more training to ensure they fully understand the Medi-Cal application process.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4415

Considering Medi-Cal in the Midst of a Changing Fiscal and Policy Landscape

Oct 24, 2025 - …But Potentially With Added Complexity. Adding more flexibilities also could come with the potential downside of more complexity for beneficiaries and counties. For example, exempting high unemployment counties from work requirements could create more volatility.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5083

The 2025-26 Budget: Understanding Recent Increases in the Medi-Cal Senior Caseload

Mar 6, 2025 - In the paragraphs that follow, we provide our analysis that results in ou r estimate of at least 165,000 seniors being added due to eligibility expansions since 2020. (As a consequence of this estimate, it follows naturally that we estimate up to 60,000  seniors being added due to the effects of continuous coverage, the unwinding, and unwinding flexibilities, for a total increase of 225,000 seniors due to policy changes.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5010